My resume says that I am a software engineer. In practice, the many hats I’ve worn feel like an amalgamation of everything but. I have two bachelor’s degrees (don’t ask), but long past were the days where I really felt like I excelled at my craft. Always writing some overly-practical, never-exceptional Python. Always frustrated with some dreadfully-cobbled-together Node application thats only ever just good enough. Now, I don’t think this is from a lack of ability or education. While no one would ever accuse me of being a star student, I did very much excel at data structures and the like. But somewhere along the way I traded pride for apathy.